Calendar: Learn how to encourage your children to read Monday in Lake Forest

Sep 15, 2019 | 2:00 AM

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News and Views Current Events Discussion Group: Join moderator Skip Jacobs and others for an intimate, intellectual and respectful discussion on local and worldwide current events. Share your thoughts and opinions with this wonderful group, where all opinions are welcome and open for discussion. Free for members of the Highland Park Senior Center. There is ample free parking, and free coffee. 10 a.m. Monday, Highland Park Senior Center, 54 Laurel Ave., Highland Park, free, 847-432-4110.

Encouraging Your Children to Read at Home: Paula Preschlack shares her experience as a parent and an educator for 25 years on fostering the habit of reading at home and building a culture of reading during this inspiring and informative presentation with time for discussion and questions. Register at www.lakeforestlibrary.org/events/encouraging-your-children-read-home. 7 p.m. Monday, Lake Forest Library, 360 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, free, 847-810-4610.

Autism expert to speak at Lake Forest College: Professor of neurobiology and noted autism expert Dr. Christian Hansel kicks off the 2019-2020 Seminars in Neuroscience Series at Lake Forest College with a talk on "Synaptic Dysfunction in Autism" in Room 044 in the Lillard Science Center, located on Middle Campus. Join us for a pre-seminar reception at 3:45 p.m. Lake Forest College is accessible via Metra. 4:15 p.m. Monday, Lake Forest College, 555 N. Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, free, 847-735-6040.

The Performer's School - Theater for All this Fall: These classes and workshops are for kids in first grade through high school. Stacey Flaster and Elizabeth Fauntleroy are co-founders of TPS. The 2019 series takes place at the Highwood Rec Center from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. On Sept. 17, students are invited to work on their improv chops with Second City and theater veteran Joe Dempsey. On Oct. 29, students learn with Marriott Theatre Artistic Director Andy Hite. Visit www.theperformersschool.com/workshops. Email: info@theperformersschool.com. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, The Performer's School, 432 Green Bay Road, Highwood.

Memory Cafe: The Barrington Area Council on Aging and the Ela Area Public Library are partners on a program for people with memory loss and their care partners. The group meets from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on the third Tuesday of every month. The Memory Café is free, but reservations are required by calling Pam Pellizzari. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Ela Area Public Library, 275 Mohawk Trail, Lake Zurich, free, 847-381-5030.

"Peter and the Starcatcher": The Tony Award-winning "Peter and the Starcatcher" upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain's cabin. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Citadel Theatre Company, 300 S. Waukegan Road, Lake Forest, $40 Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays; $45 Saturdays and Sundays, 847-735-8554.

Fall Community Lecture Series at Lake Forest College: This lecture series focuses on the natural environment, featuring three Lake Forest professors. Sept. 18, from 10:30 a.m. to noon: "Rapt Attention to Flowers: Lasting Stories from Ephemeral Things" with environmental studies professor Glenn Adelson; Sept. 25, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.: "Literature of the Great Lakes" with English professor Ben Goluboff; Oct. 2, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.: "The Overlooked Splendor of Ants: Restoration Ecology and the Ants in Your Backyard" with biology professor Sean Menke. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Lake Forest College, 555 N. Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, $75 for all three lectures, 847-735-6000.

Starting Your Business in Illinois: Starting a business in Illinois is exciting, but also challenging. This workshop gives the entrepreneur a realistic view of the requirements to start a business and the resources available to support a new venture. Learn the basic elements of starting a successful business and get answers to the most frequently asked questions. 6 p.m. Wednesday, College of Lake County - Southlake Campus, 1120 S. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills, $20, 847-543-2033.